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Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1745 Gnr: P. McCrory. Antrim R.G.A.) good very fine £300-£400 --- Army Order 102 of April 1909. 12 medals issued to the Antrim R.G.A.

Four: Sapper A. V. Hobbs, Royal Engineers Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (9051 Sapr: A. V. Hobbs. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (9051 Sapr: A. V. Hobbs. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (9051 Spr. A. V. Hobbs. R.E.) light contact marks to AGS, very fine (4) £240-£280 --- Alfred Vincent Hobbs was born in Margate, Kent, in 1881, and attested for the Royal Engineers at Ramsgate on 29 May 1901. A carpenter and lineman by trade, he served during the Somaliland Campaign with the 2nd Divisional Telegraph Battalion, Royal Engineers, and was mobilised at the Curragh on 6 August 1914 whilst attached to the 3rd Signal Troop. Posted to France from 15 August 1914, his unit was likely heavily engaged in rebuilding communications following the scattered retreat from Mons. Transferred from the Cavalry Corps Signal Squadron to No. 1 Corps Signal School on 2 November 1918, Hobbs was discharged at Chatham in April 1919, his Army Service Record stating his home address as 3 Castle View, Liskeard, Cornwall. Sold with a contemporary brass medal mounting bar, this impressed ‘RE’ and ‘9051’, with improvised soldered lugs to reverse; and copied service record.

Nine: Sergeant J. Peggs, Royal Artillery, later Yeoman of the King’s Bodyguard India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (89486 Bombr. J. Peggs 9. M.B. R.A.); 1914-15 Star (36141 Sjt. J. Peggs. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (36141 Sjt. J. Peggs. R.A.); War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (89486 Sjt. J. Peggs. R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (89846 Cpl. J. Peggs. R.G.A.) all medals heavily plated and mounted for display, very fine or better (9) £240-£280 --- M.S.M. Army Order 161 of 1946 awarded without annuity as Yeoman of the King’s Bodyguard.

Pair: Warrant Officer Class I J. A. Milton, Royal Signals General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (22285079 S.Q.M.S. J. A. Milton. R. Sigs.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (22285079 W.O. Cl.1. J. A. Milton. R. Signals.) the second officially re-impressed, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, good very fine and better (2) £80-£100

Pair: Captain H. C. Fear, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. C. Fear.) very fine Pair: Private E. C. Browning, Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (3304 Pte. E. C. Browning. M.G.C.) very fine Pair: Private 2nd Class E. Williams, Royal Air Force British War and Victory Medals (260047 Pte. E. Williams. R.A.F.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (M2-183341 Pte. S. Sell. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5173 C.S.Mjr: G. White. R.G.A.) contact marks, edge bruises, otherwise nearly very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Henry Cecil Fear was born in Weston, Somerset, in 1883. He was commissioned into the Army Service Corps and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 June 1916, and saw later service with the Royal Garrison Artillery. He died in April 1927. Ernest Clifford Browning was born in Highbridge, Somerset, in 1892. He attested into the Yorkshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front. He transferred into the Machine Gun Corps and was killed in action on 11 August 1918 whilst serving with the 58th Battalion. He is commemorated on the Vin-En-Artois Memorial, France. George White was born in Kemble, Gloucestershire, in 1873. He attested into the Royal Artillery in 1894 and was appointed Sergeant in 1901, being posted to the 50th Company in Sierra Leone. After further service in Hong Kong, he returned Home where he was awarded his LSGC in 1912, before his discharge in January 1913. Recalled for service during the Great War, he was Advanced Company Sergeant Major and served at Home until he was again posted to Sierra Leone in May 1918. Discharged to pension in February 1919, he later died in 1950, in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Sold with copied research.

Five: Second Lieutenant W. G. Cook, Royal Garrison Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. W. G. Cook.)); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (504 Cpl. W. G. Cook. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (358004 Sjt: W. G. Cook. 134/By: R.G.A.); Greece, Medal of Military Merit, 4th Class, reverse privately inscribed, ‘2/Lt. W. G. Cook, R.G.A. presented by Alexandra (sic) the King of Greece, 9th Augt. 1918 for services to the Country’, light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917: ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field during the present War.’ ‘358004 Sjt. W. G. Cook, R.G.A.’

Greek Medal of Military Merit, 4th Class London Gazette 24 October 1919: ‘2nd Lieutenant William George Cook, Royal Garrison Artillery.’

Three: Gunner W. Meakings, School of Gunnery, Royal Artillery Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (22971 Gunr. W. Mekings. 4/1st Lon. Dn. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (22971 Gunr. W. Meakings. Schl. of Guny. R.A.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, edge bruising and contact pitting from star, part of unit a little obscured on the first, good fine and better (3) £200-£240

The Zulu War Medal awarded to Conductor F. H. Field, one of seven officers wounded and taken prisoner at the disaster that befell the British troops at the battle of Majuba Hill in the First Boer War South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Condr. F. H. Field. Commissariat.) nearly extremely fine £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2005. Conductor F. H. Field was wounded and taken prisoner at the disaster that befell the British troops at the battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881. British casualties were 92 killed, 134 wounded - of whom a few succumbed during the following few weeks - and 59 taken prisoner. The officers killed included Major-General Sir George Colley, and those wounded and taken prisoner included Lieutenant Ian Hamilton, “Fighting Mac” Macdonald and Conductor F. H. Field. Lance-Corporal Farmer, Army Hospital Corps, was awarded the Victoria Cross for tending the wounded under fire. The ignominious defeat on Majuba ended the First Boer War, for which campaign no battle honours or medals were awarded. During the Zulu War, Conductor Field and the other Conductors of Supplies ‘performed various and arduous duties over a wide extent of territory, and by their zeal and ability materially conduced to the successful carrying out of the plans of the Head of Department’ (Shadbolt, The South African Campaign of 1879 refers). In 1880, not long after the successful conclusion of the Zulu War, simmering tensions that existed between Boer and Britain, following the latter’s annexation of the Transvaal in 1877, boiled over following the Bezuidenhout affair. Fresh from their victories over the Zulus, regiments such as the King’s Dragoon Guards, Connaught Rifles (94th), King’s Royal Rifles (60th) and Northamptonshire Regiment (58th) were supremely confident of their abilities to defeat the Boer farmers. The British Force was later supplemented by two regiments that had gained laurels in the recent Afghanistan campaign - the 15th Hussars and Gordon Highlanders (92nd). As was to happen 19 years later, the Boers were woefully underrated and superior marksmanship and tactics, against regular British infantry in their red tunics, inflicted a series of defeats on these famous regiments, at Bronkhorst Spruit, Ingogo River and Laing’s Nek. Other British troops were tied up in besieged towns such as Pretoria and Lydenburg. On 16 February 1881, Sir George Colley agreed to end the campaign on the condition that the Boers gave up their demands for the independence of the Transvaal, but - unsurprisingly - the negotiations came to nothing. On 26 February, Colley moved secretly out of his camp at Mount Prospect with a compact force consisting of two companies of the Northamptonshire Regiment, two companies of the King’s Royal Rifles, two companies of the Gordon Highlanders, 64 men of the Naval Brigade, two guns, and some Hussars. His objective was the ascent and occupation of Majuba Hill which completely overlooked and commanded the Boer camp and lines of defences on the flat beyond Laing’s Nek. In a dashing manouevre, the sudden seizure of the Boer camp would break their lines and lead his force into the Transvaal. The King’s Royal Rifles were left at a difficult pass, on a ridge at the bottom of the mountain together with all the horses, reserve ammunition and the Hussars. The top of the hill was reached just before daylight and the secret advance of the 600 troops was completed successfully. One historian of the battle well sums up the feelings of the force as the sun rose over the mountain on 27 February: ‘It was an exciting moment. [T. F.] Carter, himself taken prisoner on Majuba, later remembered exulting that “there was our enemy at our mercy, and unaware of our proximity to them”. The British soldiers found that they were perched on top of what seemed to be an impregnable natural citadel dominating the Boer defences. “We could stay here forever” remarked Colley’ (Ransford, The Battle of Majuba Hill). But then, at the seeming moment of triumph, the unthinkable happened and the Boers launched a surprise counter-attack on the mountain. As the British began to arrange defensive positions they swarmed silently up the side of Majuba. ‘What military genius possessed these burgers! What instinctive aptitude they had for war! Here were a few hundred men prepared to assault a position which any professional soldier of the time would have insisted was impregnable … as early as 6 a.m., a desultory fire had been opened from the foothills on to the crown of Majuba, but it was heavy enough to make the soldiers keep their heads down. Within an hour that fire had become general and heavy. And all the time the storming parties were methodically moving upwards, brilliantly handled, and using cover with the utmost skill’ (Ransford). Five hours later 60 Boers were waiting on the summit of the hill to begin the attack. Just before noon the Gordon Highlanders were subjected to an extremely heavy and accurate rifle fire which pinned them down effectively in the northern sector of the perimeter. This outbreak seemed to have little effect on Colley, who still considered his position safe. Unbeknownst to him, the Boers had not deserted their camp below, and by now several hundred of them were massed for the assault. On General Smit’s order, the lead 60 Boers stood up and fired volley after volley into the party of Gordon Highlanders manning the knoll. As the troops retreated in confusion, the Boers seized the knoll. The reserves were called up but only did so slowly. The Boers fired on the Highlanders’ main position on the northern brow and the Gordons wavered and fell back, becoming mixed with the upcoming reserves. It was total confusion and a little after one o’clock: ‘…the first part of the Boer plan had been successfully executed; they had broken into the British position. It was difficult for Colley’s men to understand exactly what was going on, but plainly their position had changed from comparative security to one of extreme peril. Drifting rifle smoke covered the summit of the hill, and eddied in the depressions like a heavy fog. Anyone who showed himself above the low ridge became a target for a dozen rifles. The scent of death and the acrid smell of smoke smarted in the soldiers’ nostrils…’ (Ransford). In Colley’s favour, who remained calm throughout, 200 of his soldiers had rallied behind the ridge and were not in a bad defensive position. But under the cover of fire, the Boers stealthily moved forward until 60 or 70 were opposite the force on the ridge and firing, almost point-blank through the cover of smoke into the British troops. Lieutenant Ian Hamilton wanted to bayonet-charge the Boers with overwhelming numbers, but was stopped by Colley. Colley attempted to reinforce the forward positions with troops from behind the ridge but, despite the exhortations of the officers, few moved into the face of the overwhelming Boer fire to drive back the attack. One who did show bravery at Majuba was Conductor Field. Carter recorded that ‘Conductor Field, who, whilst in charge of supply ammunition, which he was endeavouring to convey from the ridge to the summit of the hill, was shot and taken prisoner’ (Carter, The Boer War). The end was not long in coming. A Boer attack from the right, combined with withering fire from the front, broke the British troops. ‘Suddenly,’ Carter wrote, ‘a piercing cry of terror ... rose from the line of infantry. The soldiers threw down their weapons and stampeded for the rear, stupid with terror, and paying no heed to the officers who cursed and threatened them with their...

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Lieut. R. J, Macleay, Arty. Rect. Depot) good very fine --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, July 2019. James Ronald Macleay was born at Santiago, Chile, on 26 October 1838, son of J. Macleay, Clerk to the British Consul. He was educated at Mr Shapcotts, Bayswater, and was nominated for the H.E.I.C. Army by W. Baylee and recommended by John Cotton. He was examined and passed on 3 January 1855, and sailed to India on the Candia, where he was posted as 2nd Lieutenant to the Artillery Recruit Depot. Macleay was made Lieutenant on 27 April 1858; served at Lucknow and the re-taking of Bareilly (Medal with clasp); and was made Captain on 10 June 1865. The Homeward Mail of 18 January 1869 reported that ‘Captain James Ronaly Macleay, 6th Battery 22nd Brigade Royal Artillery, who arrived at Kurrachee from England on November 28th, died on 13th December, from disease of the heart. The officers and men of the depot and of the garrison, as well as Major-General Sir George Malcolm, K.C.B., and his staff followed the funeral cortege to the cemetery.’

Militia L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2582 Gnr. C. Diaper. Suffolk R.G.A. Mil.) good very fine £300-£400 --- Army Order 27 of February 1905. 22 medals issued to the Suffolk R.G.A. Militia.

A fine Abyssinia 1867 Medal awarded to Apothecary and Honorary Surgeon in the East Indies W. Conway, Bombay Subordinate Medical Establishment, formerly Army Medical Department, who was dangerously wounded by a musket ball through the head at the Siege and Attack at Rathghur on January 1858 whilst serving with the 1st Troop Horse Artillery He was fortunate to survive the brief but bloody encounter - two rebel head men were hanged from the fortress gateway whilst a number of mangled bodies lay at the base of a cliff-face, having failed in their desperation to navigate a perilous footpath in the dead of night Abyssinia 1867 (Actg. Apotcy. W. Conway Army Medcl. Dept.) attractively brooch mounted, polished to high relief, otherwise nearly very fine and rare to rank £200-£240 --- William Conway was born around 1832 and educated at Grant Medical College in Bombay from 1849. Noted as Student Apprentice 1st Grade in College records, he qualified Assistant Apothecary in the Annual Report of 1852-53 and is stated in The Bombay Gazette of 5 January 1852 as Assistant Apothecary assigned to general duties at Scinde, attached to the 2nd Battalion of Artillery. Transferred to temporary duties with the 78th Highlanders, Conway subsequently served under the command of Assistant Surgeon Leitch, tasked with safely transporting troops per Earl of Beleares to Poona. Sent to Her Majesty’s 14th Regiment (The King’s) Light Dragoons at Jhow in 1855, he returned to Bombay and was attached on temporary assignment to the Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy hospital. Relocating with a young wife and family from Poona to Ahmedabad and onwards to the Esplanade, Bombay, Conway evaded the disease so commonly associated with this period, but soon found his life in peril whilst serving as part of the 2nd Brigade, Nerbudda Field Force, during the Indian Mutiny. The Siege and Attack of Rathghur, January 1858 Garrisoned by mutineer rebels, the rock and earthen fort at Rathghur was said to be as large and strong as that of Mooltan. The east and south facing rock faces were almost perpendicular, the rock being scarped and strengthened by the deep rapid river Biena. With the fort towering to the heavens and the enemy observing every move made on the plain below, author Thomas Lowe in his work Central India during the Rebellion of 1857 and 1858 made clear the task ahead of Conway and his contemporaries: ‘... approach from the east and south was next to impossible, approach from the west or town side almost as difficult.’ First engagements took place on 24-25 January with men of the 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry and sowars of the Hyderabad Contingent surrounding the fort and cutting off the Saugon road to enemy relief. On 26 January the 3rd Europeans - bolstered by the 18-pounders, howitzers, mortars, and 6-pounders of the Hyderabad Contingent - began their single file attack up a steep footpath. Contemporary accounts describe the chaos of the first attack: ‘We found ourselves in the midst of fire. The jungle-grass before, behind and on both sides of us was ablaze. What with the heat of the sun and the fire, we were pretty nearly roasted.’ Responding to cries for medical aid, Conway moved to the front of the attack and was struck by a musket ball. Listed as dangerously wounded with a ‘ball through head’ in the London Gazette of 20 April 1858, he was removed to hospital and remarkably recovered from his injury; the mutineers proved less fortunate, with large numbers losing their lives in a desperate night-time descent of the mountain prior to the fall of the fortress on 30 January 1858. Those who did make it to the plain below were heavily ‘cut up’ in the days that followed according to Lowe. Continuing in the service of the Army Medical Department, Conway set sail from Bombay in 1867 as part of the rescue and punitive expedition against Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia. Under the command of Sir Robert Napier, the expedition was widely acclaimed for achieving all of its objectives, notably the capture of the Emperor and a similar mountain fortress at Magdala. Returned home to Bombay, Conway served with the Bombay Medical Department until retirement in 1878. According to the Naval and Military Gazette of 17 July 1878, he left the service with the Honorary and local rank of Surgeon in the East Indies, the Bombay Burial Register of June 1900 later confirming his death in consequence of heart failure.

Four: Warrant Officer Class II H. Williams, Royal Engineers, later Royal Corps of Signals 1914 Star, with copy clasp (12644 Sjt. H. Williams. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (12644 A.W.O. Cl.2 H. Williams. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2306114 W.O. Cl.II. H. Williams. R.C. of. Sig.) very fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- Henry Williams attested for the Royal Engineers and with No. 5 Signal Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 17 August 1914.

Four: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant R. W. Edwards, Royal Field Artillery, who was awarded the M.S.M. for services in France with the Guards Ammunition Column 1914 Star (45637 Sjt. R. W. Edwards. R.F.A.) note incorrect number but as per m.i.c.; British War and Victory Medals (45627 B.Q.M. Sjt. R. W. Edwards.R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (45627 B.Q.M. Sjt. R. W. Edwards. R.F.A.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £140-£180 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘45627 By./Q.M. Sjt. R. W. Edwards, Gds. Amm. Col. (Woolwich).’ Richard William Edwards served in France and Flanders from 19 August 1914, with 28th Brigade, until 1918. Sold with copied M.S.M. and Medal Index Cards.

Four: Gunner George Davis, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Gunner G. Davis. 12 Battn. R. Arty.) contemporary engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (200 Gunner G. Davis, 25th Bde. R.A.); Turkish Crimea 1855, French issue (Gr. G. Davis. R.A.); France, Second Empire, Medaille Militaire, all fitted with T. B. Bailey Coventry silver ribbon ornaments, these hallmarked Birmingham 1856, and attractively mounted in a glazed frame with original award certificate for Medaille Militaire, the last lacking blue enamel, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £500-£700 --- Medaille Militaire R.A. G.R.O. of 15 August 1856: ‘Gunner and Driver George Davis, 7th Company, 4th Battalion, Royal Artillery. Served in the Reserve at the battle of Alma, at the Battle of Inkermann as a Driver (both his horses killed), in the Siege Train from 12th July, till the fall of Sebastopol, including the two last bombardments.’ George Davis was discharged from 25th Brigade R.A. on 1 April 1875, and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal per R.A. Regimental Order No. 74 of 1 January 1876.

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4321. Pte. H. Tuttiett 1st Bn. Som. Lt. Infy.) edge bruising and light scratches to obverse, otherwise very fine £80-£100 --- Harry Tuttiett was born in Taunton, Somerset, in 1874. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry on 1 February 1895 and served in India with the 1st Battalion during the Mohmand expedition. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 12 December 1902, he was discharged on 30 July 1911, before later re-enlisting into his old regiment in September 1914 for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from 16 December 1915, before seeing further service in Egypt and was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 23 March 1919. He died in 1934. Sold with copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.

Pair: Major K. E. Aitken, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, attached Leicestershire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (Major K. E. Aitken.) nearly extremely fine (2) £140-£180 --- Kenneth Edmonstone Aitken was born in Richmond, Surrey, on 6 July 1882. Educated at Berkhamsted School, he passed the University of London matriculation examination at age 16 and won the St. Andrews Entrance Science Scholarship at University College in the process. Taking employment as surveyor with the Federated Malay States Railways from 12 May 1913 to 30 August 1914, he returned to England after his employment was suspended due to the War and enlisted in the Inns of Court Officer’s Training Unit. Appointed to a commission in the 12th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Regiment, he served in France from 3 October 1917. Gassed and admitted to hospital on 13 May 1918 near Étaples, he was granted three weeks’ sick leave before returning to the Western Front attached 11th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, with whom he continued to serve post-Armistice as part of the British Army of the Rhine. Relinquishing his commission on 26 October 1920, Aitken returned to a family coming to terms with the loss of a younger brother at the gateway to Baghdad on 4 August 1919: ‘Island Officer killed by Sepoy. Mr. Charles Aitken, of Inglefield, Totland Bay, has received the following letter from Col. W. Capper, Controller of Officers’ Casualties at the War Office:- ‘I am directed by the Military Secretary to inform you that a cable, dated 15th. inst., has been received at the War Office from the base at Basra stating that a Court of Enquiry held to investigate the death of your son, Captain (Acting Major) Archibald Bruce Aitken, Royal Engineers, who has been reported to you as ‘killed in action’ on the 4th August, 1919, facts have been elucidated which now show that his death was caused by a Sepoy of the 9th Company, 2nd Sappers and Miners, who ran amok on 4th August, 1919… Capt. Aitken acted in the bravest possible manner to meet the emergency and in trying to save the lives of others, lost his own.’ Taking employment as a civil engineer in Argentina, Aitken clearly struggled to adjust to post-War life. Returned to the south coast of England, his story was later published in The Yorkshire Post on 13 December 1932: ‘Kenneth Edmonstone Aitken (50), believed to be a retired Major, and living at Duncan Road, Southsea, was found dead in the garden of the house yesterday, with a bullet wound in his head. He was dressed only in his pyjamas and dressing gown. A fully loaded six-chambered revolver was on the ground nearby. One bullet had been fired. Mr. Aitken is believed to have served in the Yorkshire Light Infantry. After he retired from the Army he held a post for some time as railway engineer in South Africa (sic) and Spain. He was a bachelor and had lived for about five years with his mother at Totland Bay, Isle of Wight. She died about a month ago, and he had been living at Southsea in apartments for about ten months. He had not enjoyed good health recently. Aitken, who was lodged in the house, was heard by the landlord moving about at 4 o’clock in the morning, and at about 8 o’clock the tragedy was discovered. He has no relatives living in the district, but some were summoned from other parts of the country.’

A post-War M.B.E. and Great War M.M. group of eleven awarded to Major R. Linehan, Royal Artillery The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Medal, G.V.R. (32312 Sjt. R. Lineham. 31/Hy: By: R.G.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (32312 A. Bmbr. R. Lineham. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (32312 Sjt. R. Linehan. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Jubilee 1935; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1405134 W.O. Cl. II. R. Linehan. M.M. R.A.); Belgium, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., nearly very fine or better (11) £400-£500 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1949: ‘Major (Quartermaster) Richard Linehan, Royal Regiment of Artillery.’ M.M. London Gazette 7 October 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette 21 May 1918. Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918. Sold with original warrant for M.B.E. together with Central Chancery enclosure, named Buckingham Palace enclosure, and congratulatory telegram from General Sir Evelyn Barker, G.O.C. in C., Eastern Command. W.W.II M.I.D. not confirmed.

A fine M.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. W. Reardon, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, who was wounded in action during the Great War and later bore witness to the aerial engagements in the skies above Sussex during the summer of 1940 War Medal 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (5429385 Sjt. J. W. Reardon. D.C.L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5429385 Sjt. J. W. Reardon. D.C.L.I.) minor edge nicks, good very fine (4) £200-£240 --- James William Reardon was born in Islington on 22 March 1896. A builder’s labourer by trade, he attested at Curragh Camp for the 3rd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 25 May 1913 and served in France from 6 March 1915. Wounded in the left shoulder on 28 April 1915, Reardon transferred to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force on 27 November 1915 and was raised Lance Corporal on 24 May 1918. Reverted to Private at his own request in May 1920, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I. at Bodmin, and served in India from 8 January 1929 to October 1935; his Army Service Record around this time notes attendance at numerous courses including trooping duties and chemical warfare school. Confirmed as entitled to the 1935 Jubilee Medal, Reardon returned home to England and was discharged at his own request at Chisledon in January 1936. Remaining in the Army Reserve, he took employment as a postman in Fulham and served for two years with the 8th (Home Defence) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, during the Second World War; his first posting was to Shoreham Airport on 8 June 1940, just a month before the opening phase of the Battle of Britain. Awarded the LSGC Medal per Army Order 72 of 1935 and an annuity M.S.M., Reardon died alone in consequence of acute pneumonia. According to his death certificate, his body was found in a deserted air raid shelter off Camden High Street on 3 November 1960. Sold with extensive copied research, including the recipient’s Army Service Record.

Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt. R. Ivers, 2nd 23rd Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £240-£280 --- Provenance: Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016. Richard Ivers, late Sergeant 2/23rd Foot, and formerly Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was discharged in 1884 after 35 years and 9 months’ service, including 23 years as a Sergeant and 14 years spent soldiering overseas. He was entitled to the Crimea medal with 3 clasps and the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and was wounded at Sebastopol. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, with an annuity of £10, on 1 April 1904, and died on 1 February 1915.

Pair: Private J. W. Lawson, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (S-6098 Pte. J. W. Lawson. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (SS-6098 Pte. J. W. Lawson. A.S.C.) nearly very fine India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (M2-147464 Pte. S. A. Hookings. R.A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (SS-18358 Pte. T. Emery. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (190063 Gnr. P. Cronshaw. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1034707 Sjt. F. J. Ketteringham. R.A.); 1939-45 Star, in a later named box of issue, awarded to ‘AC1 C. H. Smallwood. 1171121’; together with an enamelled ‘National Reserve Somerset’ lapel badge, nearly extremely fine (7) £90-£120 --- Sydney Albert Hookings, a Chauffeur and Mechanic from Molesey, Surrey, was born in 1889. He attested into the Army Service Corps on 9th November 1915 for service during the Great War and served in India and on the Afghanistan North West Frontier before being discharged in January 1920. He died in 1972. Sold with copied research.

Seven: Signalman W. C. Freegard, Royal Signals 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (326499 Sigmn. W. C. Freegard. R. Sigs.) mounted as worn, light contact marks to last, traces of lacquer, good very fine (7) £80-£100 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 24 August 1944: ‘In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy.’

Four: Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant G. Feaver, 17th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (57380 St. Sgt. Far: G. Feaver, 17th Bty: R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (57380 S. Serjt.-Far: G. Feaver. R.F.A.,); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R.; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (51679 Far: Q.M. Sjt: G. Feaver. R.F.A.) light contact marks, otherwise very fine and better (4) £260-£300 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 22 February 1919: ‘For valuable services rendered in connection with the war [at Home].’ George Feaver was born in the Parish of Compton, near Sherborne, Dorset, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Trowbridge on 7 October 1886, aged 18 years 1 month, a shoeing smith by trade. He served with 17th Field Battery in South Africa from 25 January 1900 to 29 April 1902, and was injured at Jermersburg Drift on 27 November 1901, when he was thrown from a cart and a wheel passed over his leg. He was hospitalised at Bloemfontein for this injury, as well as for enteric fever, until 30 April 1902. He received his discharge at Bulford Camp on 5 September 1905. Recalled for service at Home in 1914, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in February 1919. He died on 8 August 1942. Sold with copied discharge and pension papers.

Family Group: Pair: Private R. M. Hunter, Highland Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (203706 Pte. R. M. Hunter. High. L.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘B224772’, with replacement pin suspension, good very fine Five: Attributed to Major R. G. Hunter, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army, Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the recipient’s riband bar and various buttons, rank, and unit insignia, good very fine (7) £80-£100 --- Robert Gordon Hunter, the son of Robert McMillan Hunter, was born in Glasgow on 22 September 1915, and served during the Second World. War in the Middle East, Italy, and Greece. A hand-written note with the lot states that he was wounded in the left neck and consequently deafened in the left ear during the Italian campaign, and subsequently served in Greece during the Greek Civil War. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient.

Three: Captain W. Hayward, Royal Engineers, who was accidentally shot whilst serving with the Search Light Section at Greylingstad on 17 February 1902, and was later Mentioned in Despatches Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (27672. Cpl. W. Hayward. R.E.) engraved naming; British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. W. Hayward.) good very fine (3) £160-£200 --- William Hayward was born in Marylebone, Middlesex, in 1871 and attested for the Royal Engineers in London on 4 October 1893. He served with the Search Light Section, Royal Engineers in South Africa during the Boer War from 9 February to 26 June 1900, and again from 15 February 1901 to 14 July 1902 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with both date clasps), and was severely injured by gun shot to the right thigh and left knee when the motor car he was driving under orders without a light at night was shot upon by a block-house at Greylingstad on 17 February 1902; the subsequent inquiry found that the injury was due to the block-house posts not being warned in time. Recovering from his wounds, Hayward was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 104 of April 1912. Subsequently commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 18 December 1915, he saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 May 1916, and was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 7 July 1919) and was advanced Captain on 18 December 1918. He relinquished his commission on 1 October 1920. Sold with copied research.

Family Group: Pair: Gunner D. McLaren, Royal Artillery Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Gr. & Dr. D. McLaren. * Royal Artillery) re-engraved naming, but in a contemporary style; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Gr. & Dr. D. McLaren* Royal Artillery.) contemporarily engraved in the same style, the first with contact marks and heavy edge bruising, the second polished, hence generally fine Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5481 Co. S. Maj. D. Mc.Laren. R.A.) good very fine (3) £200-£240 --- Duncan McLaren, a Labourer from Dall, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, was born about 1827 and attested into the Royal Artillery on 27 April 1847. He served in the Crimea from 17 June 1855 for a year and saw further service in Jamaica. Appearing in the regimental defaulter’s book some 21 times, he was discharged after 21 years’ service at Woolwich on 8 May 1868, with his intended place of residence given as Crieff. Donald McLaren, son of the above, was born in Limerick in February 1854. A boot closer by trade, he attested into the Royal Artillery on 14 February 1874. He was appointed Company Sergeant Major by 1894 and was discharged after 31 years’ service on 16 February 1905, giving his intended place of residence as The Drill Hall, North Silver Street, Aberdeen. The LSGC is his sole entitlement.

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (Lt. W. Moore-Lane. R.A.) good very fine £160-£200 --- William Moore-Lane was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1881 and took part in the Hazara Expedition in 1888 (Medal with Clasp). He transferred to the Army Ordnance Department in April 1896, in which he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1906 and was Chief Inspector from 1908 to 1910. He received the Coronation medal in 1911 and served throughout the Great War in Chester, passing to retired pay in October 1919. He was Mentioned in Despatches for his valuable services during the War (Times, 26 February 1917), and awarded the C.B.E. for like services (London Gazette 3 June 1919).

Three: Farrier-Sergeant F. Jones, Royal Artillery Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (37779. C: Shg: Smith F. Jones, R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (37779 Far: Sgt. F. Jones, R.G.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (37779. Cpl. S.S. F. Jones. 32. F.B. R.A.) mounted court-style, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £240-£280

A fine Great War ‘Mesopotamia 1917’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Company Sergeant-Major W. Neill, East Lancashire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6-7944 C.S. Mjr: W. Neill. 6/E. Lan: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (9281 Cpl. W. Neill, E. Lanc: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (9281 Pte. W. Neill. E. Lanc: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (7944 Pte. W. Neill. 2/E. Lan: R.); British War and Victory Medals (7944 W.O. Cl. 2. W. Neill. E. Lan. R.; Defence Medal, mounted on card for display, the Boer War medals with considerable edge bruising and contact marks, fine, the Q.S.A. with repaired and slack suspension, otherwise generally nearly very fine and better (7) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When in command of the company after all the officers had become casualties, he showed great initiative in reorganising the company when exposed to heavy fire. He remained in command of the company throughout the day and following night, and rendered exceptionally valuable service, displaying marked efficiency and energy on all occasions.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Mesopotamia, 30 April 1917.’ William Neill was born at Burnley, Lancashire, on 1 September 1882, and originally enlisted into the 3rd East Lancashire Regiment on 24 January 1900, and served with the battalion in South Africa. He transferred to the Army Service Corps on 7 May 1902, but re-enlisted into the East Lancashire Regiment at Burnley on 21 September 1903. He served with the 1st Battalion at Home until May 1904, when he transferred to the 2nd Battalion and served with it in India until December 1911 when the Battalion moved to South Africa. Neill married whilst in South Africa and lived at Kent Road, Wynberg. He was still serving at Wynberg at the outbreak of the War when the Battalion was recalled, landing at Southampton on 30 October 1914. Neill was promoted to Sergeant on 31 October 1914, and landed in France with the 2nd Battalion on 6 November. He was wounded on 22 December 1914, in the trenches at a point known as ‘Port Arthur’, near Neuve Chapelle, and evacuated to England on 9 January 1915. Neill then joined the 6th Battalion on 23 April 1915, and served in the Mediterranean theatre at Gallipoli from 14 June. He was wounded again with a gun shot to the hip on 25 August 1915, when the Battalion was holding trenches at the head of Aghyl Dere, below Sari Bair. After the Gallipoli campaign he went with his Battalion to Mesopotamia, where he landed on 18 March 1916, and served there for the remainder of the War. He was awarded the D.C.M. for his services on 30 April 1917 at the ‘Three Ridges’ (Shatt-al-Adhaim) during the battle of ‘The Boot’ at Band-i-Adhaim. Promoted to Warrant Officer Class 2 on 21 May 1917, C.S.M. Neill finally sailed from Mesopotamia on 14 October 1918 and was discharged on 12 October 1919. In the December 1937 East Lancashire Regimental Journal, a photo of Neill appears, apparently working on a paved road. At that time he was secretary of the Burnley branch and was living at Rosegrove, Burnley. During the Second War, Neill served in the Home Guard, earning the Defence Medal. Sold with copied discharge papers, gazette notices, War Diary and medal roll extracts.

Three: Sergeant F. Foster, 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2228 Sjt. F. Foster. Suff. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Fred Foster) generally very fine Pair: Private A. G. Forsey, 15th (Suffolk Yemoanry) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment British War and Victory Medals (4896 Pte. A. G. Forsey. Suff. R.); with Walthamstow Education Committee Attendance Medal, bronze, reverse engraved ‘F. Forsey 1906’, generally good very fine Pair: Private H. G. Faull, 1/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment British War and Victory Medals (3104 Pte. H. G. Faull. Essex R.) very fine (8) £80-£100 --- Fred Foster served during the Great War with the 1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment in Gallipoli from 10 August 1915. Henry Glover Faull served during the Great War with the 1/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment in the Egyptian theatre of War from 27 April 1915 (entitled to 1914-15 Star). He subsequently transferred to the Rifle Brigade, the Labour Corps and the Army Service Corps, during service for which he received a gun shot wound to the left thigh on 27 March 1917.

Pair: Private F. C. Crothers, 18th (Western Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 November 1917 British War and Victory Medals (2334306 Pte. C. Crothers. 18-Can. Inf.); Memorial Plaque (Carson Crothers), in card envelope; Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (2334306 Pte. C. Crothers), in case of issue, good very fine (lot) £200-£240 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Carson Crothers, an engineer from Wallaceburg, Ontario, was born on 19 December 1893. He attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 18th Battalion. He was killed in action, aged 24, on 2 November 1917, and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. His brother Albert served with the United States Army during the Great War. Sold together with a United States of America Allied Victory Medal 1918, mounted for wear, and two silver Wallaceburg tribute medals in cases of issue (C. J. Crothers; C. Crothers); with copied research.

Four: Sergeant C. W. Hatton, Royal Engineers, later Royal Signals 1914 Star (12612 Cpl. C. W. Hatton. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (12612 Sjt. C. W. Hatton. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2306113 Sjt. C. W. Hatton. R. C. of Sig.) contact marks and polishing, good fine and better (4) £100-£140 --- Charles W. Hatton attested for the Royal Engineers and served with No. 3 Signalling Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914. Raised Sergeant, he was later awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving with the Royal Corps of Signals.

Pair: Driver W. Luxon, Royal Engineers Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (15478. Driv: W. Luxon. A. Tp: R.E.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse privately engraved ‘15478 Pte. W. Luxon. R.E.’, mounted for wear, usual contact marks from star, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180 --- Walter James Luxon, a baker from Burnham on Sea, Somerset, was born in 1861. He attested into the Royal Engineers at Taunton in 1878 and served in Egypt with ‘A’ (Bridging) Troop. Returning home the following year, he was placed on the Army Reserve. He subsequently joined the Merchant Navy until 1886. Upon the death of his father in 1891, he took over his family bakery business, and died in 1928.

The Second Afghan War medal awarded to Lieutenant M. B. Salmon, West India Regiment, attached 30th Bombay Native Infantry (Jacob’s Rifles), who distinguished himself at the battle of Maiwand and was recommended for the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Kandahar

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lt. M. B. Salmon. 30th Bo. N.I.) fitted with a contemporary silver riband buckle, a few minor nicks, otherwise good very fine £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: A Collection of Medals for the Second Afghan War 1878-80, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2019. Mordaunt Broome Salmon was born in Bombay on 17 October 1853, the son of Lieutenant-General William Broome Salmon, Bombay Staff Corps and Sarah (née Welsh). He was commissioned on 19 August 1874, as Sub Lieutenant in the 2nd West India Regiment, joining them in Jamaica, where he remained until 1876.

On 19 August 1876, he was promoted to Lieutenant and transferred to the Bombay Staff Corps on attachment to the 30th Bombay Native Infantry (Jacob’s Rifles). From Quetta, in April 1880, he marched with the left wing of Jacob’s Rifles to Kandahar, where initially he commanded detachments on the Kandahar-Charman road, following the tribal attacks on the posts at Gatai and Dubbrai. But, on 5 July, he left with Jacob’s Rifles as part of the Girishk Field Force - a Brigade comprising E/B Battery R.H.A., 3rd Scinde Horse, 3rd Bombay Light Cavalry, H.Ms. 66th Foot, 1st Bombay Grenadiers and 30th Jacob’s Rifles - which was to support the Wali of Kandahar’s troops in halting the advance from Herat of Ayub Khan, a pretender to the Afghan throne.

Salmon commanded a company of Jacob’s Rifles during the skirmish on 14 July, which resulted in the capture of Wali Sher Ali’s guns from the enemy, and also in defending the baggage train along the Mundebad ravine at the Battle of Maiwand on 27 July 1880. When, at one stage, the baggage train was hard pressed by Afghan tribesmen advancing up the ravine, Salmon’s company counter-attacked with a detachment of Grenadiers, forcing the enemy back to the nearby village of Khig. Under orders to remain close to the baggage train, however, Salmon was unable to deploy his men to best advantage. He later recalled ‘…indeed, it was almost a certainty of being hit if any one got up from the ground and moved from place to place. Seeing this, the enemy became even bolder, and we were compelled to repel two very determined attacks which were made on the baggage later on.’

In the face of an overwhelming opposition and the whole force in disarray, Salmon’s company was forced to join the fighting retreat to Kandahar. The next morning, ten miles from the city, the column arrived at the Arghandab River, where five of the smooth-bore guns, ‘which had never been properly horsed or manned’, had to be abandoned. Salmon’s small group was crossing the river where one of the smooth-bores was abandoned and determined to save it. He succeeded in bringing the gun into Kandahar - the only smooth-bore to return.

Many accounts were written and official reports were required to be furnished by officers present at the military disaster of Maiwand, for there followed the usual inquest and enquiry following this defeat. Lieutenant Salmon was amongst a number of officers who wrote his personal account of the action:
‘At Khushk-i-Nakhud, on the night of the 26th July 1880, at about 9:00 or 10:00 p.m., the brigade received orders to march at 6:00 a.m. the following morning on the village of Maiwand, situated some ten miles distant in a northerly direction. Accordingly, on the morning of the 27th, the “rouse” sounded at 4:00 a.m., and the brigade marched off the camping ground at about 6:00 a.m.
The formation of the brigade was in line of columns at deploying interval, with the 66th on the right, Jacob’s Rifles in the centre, and the 1st Bombay Grenadiers on the left, with an advance guard consisting of two guns of E-B, Royal Horse Artillery, and some cavalry; also a rear guard of a few smooth-bore guns, captured from Shere Ali Khan’s rebellious army, and some cavalry under Colonel Malcolmson, 3rd Sind Horse. The whole of the baggage was massed on the right of the brigade, and marched in that position.
The march commenced, as I have said, at about 6:00 a.m., in the direction of Maiwand; and after it had continued for about three hours or thereabouts, some objects were sighted in the distance on our left flank. At first we were completely in doubt as to what they were, but after careful observation it became apparent that these were very large bodies of the enemy moving in a direction at right angles to our own line of march, and I may say in a direction from west to east, heading for the same village of Maiwand to which we were bound. To the best of my belief, a party consisting of two guns of E-B, Royal Horse Artillery, and a troop of the 3rd Sind Horse were sent to reconnoitre the enemy and send information to the Brigadier-General in command as to their strength and general disposition, and that after a lapse of a short time a note was received from the officer commanding the cavalry party that the enemy were in great force and strong both in cavalry and artillery, a fact which was very substantially corroborated by subsequent events.
The officer commanding was pleased to give an order for the line of battalions to change their front “half-left”, and advance in very much their former position over a small nallah which separated us from the enemy, and to move on for a considerable distance over a bare and stony plateau, on the extremity of which the enemy's hordes could now be seen drawn up in line to receive our attack.
I may mention here that the engagement was opened by Lieutenant MacLaine of E-B, Royal Horse Artillery, with two guns, which he had taken a considerable distance in advance of the fighting line, and opened fire on the advancing enemy with admirable effect; but as to whether the movement was undertaken on that officer's own responsibility, or according to orders he received, I am not in a position to state. The time when the first shot was fired was, to the best of my belief, 9:45 a.m. (and not 11:00 a.m. as I have seen frequently stated in various accounts which I have read in the different papers), as I, to the best of my recollection, looked at my watch when the first gun was fired; and from that have fixed the hour. Lieutenant MacLaine was allowed to continue his firing for nearly half an hour before the enemy deigned to give any reply; but my idea is, that they were not by any means prepared for such an attack, and it took them some time to get their numerous pieces of artillery into the position they desired.
However, the fighting line was advanced some 700 yards along this plateau and was disposed, to the best of my belief, as follows - viz., the 66th on the right and Jacob's Rifles in the centre; at first only one wing was in the line, but subsequently the other wing was also brought up, and two companies detached from the regiment to prolong the line to the left of the Grenadiers, who were on the extreme left of the line. The greater part of the artillery was doing the first part of the action, on the right, and also some of the cavalry, the remainder being disposed of on the left rear of the line, and some with the baggage-guard.
What occurred at the fighting line subsequent to the position they ultimately took up I am unable to state, as I was on baggage-guard that day, and it was my fate to remain behind at a distance of some six or seven hundred yards with the baggage, which was massed about the nallah crossed by the line in their advance. Some of the baggage remained on the far side; some was in the nallah itself, and a portion of it had come across the nallah and ad...

Three: Gunner A. McLaren, Royal Field Artillery 1914-15 Star (61168 Gnr: A. McLaren. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (61168 Gnr. A. McLaren. R.A.) very fine Three: Private R. McLaren, Northumberland Fusiliers 1914-15 Star (13312 Pte. R. McLaren. North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (13312 Pte. R. McLaren. North’d Fus.) very fine Three: Private D. McLaren, Royal Highlanders 1914-15 Star (S-11154 Pte. D. McLaren. R. Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-11154 Pte. D. McLaren. R. Highrs.) very fine Three: Private D. McLaren, Royal Army Medical Corps 1914-15 Star (32633 Pte. D. McLaren. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (32633 Pte. D. McLaren. R.A.M.C.) extremely fine (12) £100-£140 --- Alexander McLaren, a Labourer from Falkirk, Stirlingshire, was born in 1882. He attested into the Royal Field Artillery for service during the Great War on 5 January 1915 and served on the Western Front from 19 October 1915. He was wounded whilst loading stores onto a limber, which overbalanced and damaged his foot, which caused his discharge on 22 November 1918. He was awarded a pension and a Silver War Badge, No. B46344. Robert McLaren attested into the Northumberland Fusiliers for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 9 September 1915. He saw later service with the Tank Corps. David McLaren attested into the Royal Highlanders for service during the Great War on 9 August 1915 and served on the Western Front with the 9th Battalion from 22 December 1915. He was discharged as a consequence of wounds on 10 August 1916, and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 402871. Daniel McLaren, a railway clerk from Polmont, Falkirk, was born in 1889. He attested into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 4 September 1914 and served on the Western Front from 21 May 1915. Hospitalised a number of times due to sickness, he was discharged on 18 February 1919. Sold together with copy research and copy Medal Index Cards.

Five: Sergeant G. A. R. Rowe, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5438400 Sjt. G. A. R. Rowe. D.C.L.I.) very fine and better Five: Private R. Sansom, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry War Medal 1939-45; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal; 1939-45 Star; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (5437279. Pte. R. Sansom. D.C.L.I.) rank officially corrected, the group mounted in this order, very fine (10) £80-£100 --- George Archibald Russell Rowe - affectionately known as ‘Buggy’ - was born in Camelford on 23 April 1914 and worked as a stonemason in St. Breward. Appointed Sergeant in the Anti-Tank Platoon of the 5th Battalion, D.C.L.I., he served in Normandy from 17 June 1944. Discharged from the Territorial Army on completion of engagement on 10 February 1954, he returned home to Cornwall and died on 20 January 1980. According to the recipient’s obituary in The Silver Bugle: ‘Many Old Comrades attended his cremation in Truro.’ Ronald Samson was born in the registration district of Stratton, Cornwall, in 1922. A railway clerk by profession, he married Cynthia Atkins at Wandsworth Registry Office on 7 November 1964 and began to raise a family in Gillingham from January 1969.

Army L.S. & G.C. (2), E.VII.R. (2266 Pte. W. H. Luxton. Somerset L.I.); G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (3-7898 Cpl. W. Edwards. Som: L.I.) edge bruising and heavy contact marks to first, good fine and better (2) £60-£80

Eight: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant W. C. Priestley, Royal Horse Artillery 1914-15 Star (47407 Cpl. W. C. Priestley, R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (47407 B.Q.M. Sjt. W. C. Priestley. R.A.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (47407 B.Q.M. Sgt. W. C. Priestley, R.H.A.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (47407 B.Q.M. Sjt. W. C. Priestley. R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1021132 B.Q.M. Sjt. W. C. Priestley. R.A.) mounted as worn, very fine or better (8) £240-£280 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 August 1920, awarded for India.

Five: Warrant Officer Class II R. Porter, Royal Signals Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (14041463 Sgt. R. Porter. R. Sigs.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (14041463 S/Sgt. R. Porter. R. Sigs.) number, rank, and initial officially corrected; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (14041463 W.O.Cl.2 R. Porter. R. Sigs.) mounted court-style for display, minor contact marks throughout, generally very fine (5) £140-£180

Militia L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (821 Sjt: B. O’Donnell. Donegal R.G.A. M.) very fine £300-£400 --- Army Order 27 of February 1905. 10 medals issued to the Donegal R.G.A. Militia.

Four: Sapper A. T. Draper, Royal Engineers, who was tasked with accompanying two Soudanese donkeys (which were captured at the Atbara) from Cairo to Liverpool in heavy seas - a gift from the Sirdar to Queen Victoria Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (24202. Sapr. A. T. Draper. R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (24202 Sapr. A. T. Draper. R.E.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (24202 Sapr: A. Draper. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (24202 Sapr. A. T. Draper. R.E.) nearly very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Albert Thomas Draper was born in the Parish of Gittisham, near Honiton, Devon, around 1870. A gardener, he attested at Ottery St. Mary for the Royal Engineers on 17 January 1890, serving in South Africa from 21 October 1899 to 28 October 1902 and Somaliland from 28 July 1903 to 22 December 1904. Appointed skilled Field Line Telegraphist, he was awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1908, and was discharged from ‘A’ Signal Company on 16 January 1911 upon the termination of his second period of engagement. Draper later died on 14 April 1939 at his home in Aldershot in consequence of acute pneumonia. Sold with a file of copied research, including Army Service Record confirming that this is his full medal entitlement, and a couple of fine newspaper articles relating to the recipient’s early service: ‘The Sirdar’s Gift to the Queen. A Large Docile Donkey. The large Arabian donkey presented to the Queen by Lord Kitchener arrived at the Royal Albert Docks on Thursday afternoon, on board the S.S. Duke of Argyll. It was accompanied by another, but much smaller donkey, destined for the Duchess of Cleveland, also a gift from the Sirdar. Both animals were in splendid condition. Indeed, Sapper Draper, R.E., who has had charge of them since the vessel left Cairo, stated that they had stood the voyage very well, although the cold weather experienced in the Channel had been severely felt by them. They travelled in specially constructed boxes, fitted with slings, and erected upon deck.’

Family Group: Six: Warrant Officer Class II J. Muirhead, Royal Scots, attached Southern Nigeria Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Belfast (4595 Sgt. J. Muirhead, Rl. Scots); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4595 Serjt: J. Muirhead. Rl; Scots.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, West Africa 1909-10 (C. Sjt: J. Muirhead. S.N. Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (19969 W.O. Cl.2. J. Muirhead. R. Scots.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4595 C. Sjt: J. Muirhead. R. Scots.) lacquered, lightly polished, generally very fine and a rare combination 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. G. W. Muirhead. 76/Punjabis.) lightly gilded, good very fine (7) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

A Kuban Shield, Army Type. Matt lacquered bronze finish. Excellent quality example with very good detail, on fieldgrey felt, with pale brown paper backing stamped with maker’s name ‘Friedrich Orth Wien’. Mint, factory new condition, apart from very slight wear to backing paper, extremely good condition £200-£240

Five: Private F. J. Viant, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all medals privately named ‘5439949 Pte. F. J. Viant. D.C.L.I.’; together with a small 8th Army commemorative medal and a D.C.L.I. cap badge, very fine Defence Medal (Sgt. Watters 12th. D.C.L.I.) privately engraved, minor edge nick, very fine Aldershot Command Athletic Association sports medallions (2), bronze (1928 Command Unit Team Athletic Championships. 3 miles. Team Race Winners 2nd. Bn. D.C.L.I. L/C. E. Chidgey.; 1928-29 Command Cross Country Team Championship. Winners. 2nd. Bn. D.C.L.I. L/Cpl. E. Chidgey.) generally very fine (lot) £60-£80 --- William Watters was born on 16 June 1904 and married Ethel Vashti Warren in Penzance in 1931. A dairy farmer by trade, he served with the local Home Guard and is recorded in the Cornishman on 19 February 1942 as taking part in house-to-house collections during the ‘Aid to Russia’ week. A long-standing resident of Sancreed, he died in 1997. Edward Chidgey was born in Stogursey, Somerset, on 20 May 1902. A motor driver, he attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Taunton on 27 March 1923 and was raised Lance Corporal on 1 February 1924. Employed as Regimental Postman, Chidgey gained his third class certificate of education at Guernsey on 22 October 1926 and was released from the Colours in 1935 with a fine reference: ‘A very good type of man, willing, hardworking, cheerful and reliable. A very fine athlete and cross country runner. Can be thoroughly recommended.’ Sold with the recipient’s copied Army Service Record and extensive private research.

A good Second War 1944 Halifax Flight Engineer’s D.F.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. A. Banbury, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in at least 35 operational sorties with 77 Squadron, including distinguishing himself on an operation to Essen, 28/29 November 1944, when his aircraft was set on fire by incendiaries dropped by another aircraft from above. Despite the growing inferno amidst the fuselage, Banbury made two attempts to put the flames out - but was overcome and had to be dragged clear on both occasions. The order to abandon aircraft was eventually given, and the crew baled out over Belgium Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1897174. Sgt. J. A. Banbury. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, generally very fine or better (5) £1,600-£2,000 --- D.F.M. London Gazette 27 March 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Sergeant Banbury is near the end of his first operational tour and has consistently carried out his duties in a skilful and resolute manner. Among other incidents is one typical of him and which depicts his offensive spirit throughout his tour. On the night of 28th/29th November 1944, an attack was being made on Essen and whilst over the target area, incendiary bombs struck the aircraft in which Sergeant Banbury was flying and fire instantaneously broke out in the fuselage. This Flight Engineer set to work to put out the flames with no thought of the risk or suffering to which he put himself. Despite being overcome and dragged clear on his first attempt, he persisted in a second endeavour to fight the flames but once more was overcome and had to be pulled from the fire. At this stage, the order was given to abandon aircraft and this was successfully carried out, all members of the crew landing safely. This N.C.O. has at all times displayed the greatest courage and devotion to duty in recognition of which he is recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. Remarks by Station Commander: Sergeant Banbury is a courageous member of aircrew and an able Flight Engineer. He is strongly recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.’ John Arthur Banbury served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War. He carried out initial training as a Flight Engineer at No. 1658 H.C.U., qualifying in June 1944. Banbury was posted for operational flying to 77 Squadron (Halifaxes) Full Sutton, Yorkshire in July 1944. He flew in at least 35 operational sorties with the Squadron, a number being over troop concentrations in France, and also sharing in the task of flying nearly half a million gallons of petrol to an airfield near Brussels for the Second Army, which was then desperately short of petrol for its lorries and tanks. Banbury’s aircraft received flak damage en route to Lumbres on 31 August 1944, and had its port rudder shot away whilst on ops to Kiel on 15 September 1944. His Halifax was ‘Attacked by Ju.88 Fuselage Holed’ on ops to Cologne on 31 October 1944, before ‘Ops Essen. A/C Fired By Incendiaries, Crew Successfully Baled Out in Belgium’ on 29 November 1944. Banbury and crew successfully returned to the UK via Brussels the following day. They carried out a further five operational sorties after their eventful trip to Essen, including having to return early on just three engines from a trip to Ludwigshaven on 2 January 1945, when their aircraft had been subjected to a enemy fighter attack. Sold with recipient’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers (12 April 1944 - 7 February 1945).

Five: Temporary Captain R. J. Nicolle, Canadian Provost Corps, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and Royal Guernsey Light Infantry, who survived a booby-trap and hand-to-hand fighting on a night patrol in Salonika in 1917 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut. R. J. Nicolle. D. of Corn. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. J. Nicolle.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (Lieut. R. J. Nicolle); War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, minor contact marks, generally very fine and better (5) £240-£280 --- Reginald John Nicolle was born in Guernsey on 3 July 1892, the son of grocer and confectioner Louis F. Nicolle of Vauvert Road, St. Peter Port. Educated at Elizabeth College, Nicolle was appointed to a commission in the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry (Militia) in 1911 and served almost three years on the island before crossing the Atlantic and taking employment as a bank clerk in Winnipeg with the Union Bank of Canada; he subsequently resigned his commission in July 1914 as a result of being unable to attend annual camp. Granted indefinite leave of absence from his employer at the outbreak of the Great War, Nicolle enlisted in the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada at Valcartier on 13 August 1914. Transferred to the 16th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for England per SS Adania on 7 October 1914, but soon required medical treatment which necessitated a considerable stay in military hospital; discharged on 6 April 1915, he was transferred as Second Lieutenant to the 8th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Sent to Salonika, Nicolle contracted malaria in 1916 and later had a lucky escape when ambushed by enemy forces. This event was later detailed in the regimental history by author Everard Wyrall: ‘On the night of the 7th/8th [of June, 1917], the wily Bulgar laid a trap for the D.C.L.I. patrols. Lieut. Nicolle took out a party to Petit Piton and on Grand Piton found an enemy telephone wire lying innocently on the ground. On pulling the wire an explosion took place and the advanced party of the patrol were immediately attacked from both flanks and rear by strong hostile parties. Close fighting took place and Lieut. Nicolle got through, but four men were afterwards found to be missing.’ Transferred to Iraq from 1919 to 1920 as Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, D.C.L.I., attached Royal Army Service Corps, Nicolle relinquished his commission in December 1920 and embarked at Liverpool for Quebec in a first-class berth aboard the R.M.S. Empress of Britain on 30 April 1921. Returning to service with the Union Bank of Canada, he worked as Ledger Keeper in the Portage & Arlington branch, followed by spells on Bow Island and as Teller Accountant in the town of Jenner, Alberta. From 1924 to 1939 he served with the Alberta Provincial Police - likely in an office position - before taking employment as manager of Alberta Transport. Gazetted Temporary Captain (General List) on 3 August 1940, he was placed in command of No. 5 Provost Company on 8 September 1940 but his time with the Canadian Active Service Force was cut short through ill health and lapses of judgement. Permitted to tender his resignation, his application for a commission in the Veteran’s Guard of Canada was rejected. Sold with a file of copied research, including Military Service Record.

Four: Private A. Edney, Army Service Corps, later Royal Artillery 1914-15 Star (SE. 3828 Pte. A. Edney. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SE. 3828 Pte. A. Edney. A.S.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (1022607 Dvr. A. Edney. R.A.) contact marks, some staining, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Arthur Edney, a timber carter from Huntspill, Somerset, was born in 1889. He attested into the Army Veterinary Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 23 January 1915. Discharged in March 1920, he enlisted into the Royal Artillery the following month and served as a Groom and Shoeing Smith. Discharged in 1937, he died in Basingstoke, Hampshire, in 1960. Sold with copied research.

A Royal Navy Gunner’s Powder Horn. A Royal Navy official Government pattern, c.1800. Approx. 40cm long, with wood base and loading plug, 2 iron suspension rings on top. Brass nozzle with steel spring and loading lever. A very good example of the type that was used by both Army and Navy, good condition £100-£140

Pair: Sergeant (Master Tailor) W. R. Pilgrim, Royal Garrison Artillery Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (85872 Corpl: W. R. Pilgrim. 2nd E.D. R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (85872 Cpl. W. R. Pilgrim. R.G.A.) toned, very fine (2) £120-£160 --- William Robert Pilgrim was born in Cambridge and enlisted into the Royal Garrison Artillery on 11 August 1891, aged 18 years 5 months, a tailor by trade. He served abroad at St Helena from March 1900 to March 1902; at St Lucia from March 1902 to December 1903, and then in South Africa until February 1911. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in April 1910 and was discharged at Great Yarmouth as Sergeant Master Tailor on 10 August 1912. Sold with copied medal roll entry and discharge papers.

Four: Corporal R. F. McLaren, South African Forces 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘74892 R. F. McLaren’, very fine Four: Warrant Officer Class II R. W. McLaren, South African Air Force, late Transvaal Scottish 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed ‘31786 R. W. McLaren’, very fine (8) £100-£140 --- Robert Fortune McLaren was born in Maitland on 27 August 1909. He attested into the Cape Field Artillery in 1924 and was discharged after four years’ service. He attested into the South African Army on 3 June 1940 for service during the Second War, and served in Kenya with No. 2 Stores Company, South African Service Corps, before contracting meningitis. After further periods of sickness, he returned to South Africa where he continued to serve for a further five years until his discharge on 11 November 1947. Reginald Walter McLaren, a clerk from Braamfontein, Johannesburg, was born on 24 July 1922. He attested into the Transvaal Scottish on 16 April 1940 for service during the Second War, and served in East Africa with the 1st Battalion from July 1940 to June 1941, before further service in the North African campaign until January 1943. In August 1943, he transferred into the South African Air Force and was posted to No. 75 Air Training School at Lyttleton in Pretoria. Advanced Warrant Officer Class II in March 1945, he was discharged seven months later. Sold together with copy service papers.

An unattributed M.B.E. group of six The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., reverse officially dated 1954, with Army Emergency Reserve top riband bar, mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £160-£200 --- Sold with an unrelated Warrant Document appointing John Keith Roberts, B.E.M., a Warrant Officer in the Royal Corps of Signals, dated 26 May 1969.

Pair: Shoeing-Smith Corporal A. C. Weekley, Royal Field Artillery India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (97306 Dvr. A. C. Weekley 51st F.B. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (97306 S.S. Cpl. A. C. Weekley. R.F.A.) small official correction to rank, very fine (2) £120-£160

A fine and most unusual group of four awarded to Corporal N. K. Carter, Royal Signals, late British Aerospace Defence Systems, who served in the First Gulf War as a Civilian, before retuning to Iraq in the military Gulf 1990-91, no clasp (Mr N K Carter BAE); Iraq 2003-11, no clasp (25120431 LCpl N K Carter R Signals); Jubilee 2012, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Reserves Service Medal, E.II.R. (Cpl N K Carter R Signals 25120431) mounted court-style as worn, nearly extremely fine and a scarce combination of awards (4) £300-£400 --- Nicholas Kenneth Carter was born on 12 July 1959 and emigrated with his mother and elder sister to Singapore in 1960. He served as a civilian with BAE Defence Systems during the First Gulf War and received the Gulf Medal 1990-91, without clasp, in October 1992. Enlisting into the British Army Volunteer Reserves on 9 May 2000, he served with the Royal Signals in Iraq and was later awarded the Volunteer Reserve Service Medal in the London Gazette of 12 April 2011. Awarded the Jubilee Medal in 2012, he was discharged on 15 July 2014. Sold with the original letter from BAE Defence Systems (on behalf of H.M. Government), dated 8 October 1992, forwarding the Gulf Medal as ‘an individual present in Saudi Arabia on Company business during the Gulf Conflict from the commencement in August 1990.’; with the recipient’s copied Confirmation of Military Service Certificate, dated 19 September 2016.

Pair: Lieutenant J. F. Parrott, 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), London Regiment, late 1st (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), London Regiment, who served in the Army underage from the age of 15 and was appointed to a commission on account of his leadership on the front line British War and Victory Medals (229704 Pte. J. F. Parrott. 1-Lond. R.) nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140 --- Jack Francis Parrott was born on 25 January 1900, the son of mercantile traveller John William Robert Parrott of Wallingford. For details of his brief life, the best source appears to be the obituary published in the The Berks and Oxon Advertiser on 21 March 1924: 'Death of Mr. J. F. Parrott. -It is with feelings of great regret we record the death of Mr. Jack Francis Parrott of "Perrivale," Wantage Road, Wallingford, which occurred in the Cottage Hospital at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the early age of 24 years. The news of his untimely death came as a very great shock to everybody. Mr. Parrott was unwell in the afternoon of the 12th last, and was compelled to take to his bed on Thursday night. His condition on Saturday was so grave that it was thought advisable to remove him to Cottage Hospital, where, the same night, he was operated on for acute-appendicitis by Dr. G. McMullan. Complications set in; the serious nature of his condition was realised from the very outset, and his relatives were prepared for the end, which came on Tuesday night as stated.  Widespread sympathy has been extended to the young widow and her relatives and also to deceased's father and relatives. Deceased was the second son of Mr. J. W. R. Parrott and the late Mrs. [Emily] Parrott of Wallingford, and fought for King and Country in the Great War. At the age of 15.5 years he joined the 67th Divisional Cyclist Corps in September, 1915, and went over to France in October, 1917. He was subsequently transferred to the Fusiliers and was recommended for a Commission for taking a German post whilst a Corporal in charge of eight men. He returned home, passed his examination, and was duly gazetted. He returned to France with the 17th London Regiment in 1918, and was demobilised.’ Appointed to a commission on 24 September 1918, it appears that Parrott returned to France post-Armistice. Demobilised, he travelled home to Wallingford and married Miss Ruby Mabel Honeybone on 31 August 1921. He took employment locally with his father-in-law, who saw him as a 'conscientious and valuable assistant and future right-hand man', and the young Mr and Mrs Parrott soon became parents to a son. He died soon thereafter on 18 March 1924, leaving effects to the value of £476 12s. 7d. to his widow.

A Great War M.S.M. group of five awarded to Acting Sergeant W. Hoxley, Royal Engineers, who served as a skilled telegraphist on the Western Front for almost the entire duration of hostilities 1914 Star, with rosette on riband (1738 Cpl. W. Hoxley. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1738 T. Sjt. W. Hoxley. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1738 Cpl. W. Hoxley. R.E.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1738 Cpl. A.Sjt.- W. Hoxley. R.E.) minor contact marks, generally very fine (5) £180-£220 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919. Walter Arthur Hoxley was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, in 1883, and attested for the Royal Engineers as a boy soldier on 9 April 1898. Appointed Sapper 9 August 1901, he qualified as a skilled telephonist on 8 January 1903 and was posted to ‘K’ Telegraph Company at Dublin on 28 April 1909. Transferred to ‘L’ Signal Company as Corporal on 4 August 1914, he served during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914 and was raised Sergeant on 27 September 1918. Awarded the M.S.M. whilst serving with ‘K’ Signal Company, and the L.S.G.C. Medal with £5 gratuity under Army Order No. 125 of 1919, he was later discharged at Chatham following 22 years of service with the Colours. Retired to Allan House, 13 York Road, Salisbury, Hoxley died in 1937 aged just 54 years.

Three: Sapper W. H. Smith, Royal Engineers 1914 Star (17246 Sapr: W. H. Smith. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (17246 Spr. W. H. Smith. R.E.) Star gilded, edge bruise to BWM, very fine Three: Corporal C. H. Parker, Royal Engineers, was wounded by the effects of gas at Ypres in April 1915, and was killed in action in Salonika on 7 December 1916 1914-15 Star (972 Spr. C. H. Parker. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (972 Cpl. C. H. Parker. R.E.) some staining, very fine Three: Driver P. V. Gillson, Army Service Corps 1914-15 Star (T4-056749 Dvr: P. V. Gillson. A.S.C.) British War and Victory Medals (T4-056749 Dvr. P. V. Gillson. A.S.C.) mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine (9) £100-£140 --- William H. Smith, a bricklayer from Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, was born in 1890. He attested into the Royal Engineers on 24 February 1908 and was discharged to the Army Reserve after three years’ service. Recalled for Great War service, he served on the Western Front from 14 August 1914. Clarence Henry Parker, a mason from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, was born on 12 December 1888. He attested into 2nd (Wessex Territorial) Field Company, Royal Engineers on 17 June 1908, before joining the Royal Engineers as a regular soldier in June 1912. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 December 1914. He was wounded by the effects of gas at Ypres in April 1915, he was Advanced Corporal and subsequently served in Salonika, where he was killed in action after being shelled on 7 December 1916. He is commemorated on the Dorian Memorial, Greece. Percy Vincent Gillson, a printer from Bridgwater, Somerset, was born in Ellacombe, Torquay, Devon, in 1894. He attested into the Army Service Corps on 1 January 1915, for service during the Great War and served in Egypt from 17 March 1915 before further service in Salonika where he was hospitalised with Orchitis. Discharged on 14 February 1918, he was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 337,860. Sold together with Soldier’s Small Book for W. H. Smith, two Royal Engineers cap badges and a shoulder title, and copied research.

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue, large letter reverse, edge dated, impressed naming (Francis Short, Serjeant Royal Artillery. 1844.) fitted with original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, toned nearly extremely fine £140-£180 --- Medal sent to Ordnance 24 April 1845.

A Great War ‘Bourlon Wood 1917’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Acting Regimental Sergeant-Major W. G. Rice, 21st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, later commissioned as Quartermaster and Lieutenant in the Royal West Kent Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5433 C.S. Mjr:-A.R.S. Mjr: W. G. Rice. 21/Middx: R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony (5433 Pte. W. Rice, Middx: Regt.) clasps mounted in order listed, unofficial rivets between top two clasps; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5433 Corpl: W. Rice. Middlesex Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. W. G. Rice.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (L-5433 C. Sjt: W. G. Rice. Midd’x: R.) the Boer War medals with edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, otherwise good very fine (6) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 28 March 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in keeping the front line companies supplied with ammunition and grenades during two days’ operations. He personally visited the forward positions under heavy fire to ascertain if they were in need of more supplies.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Bourlon Village, 23-24 November 1917.’ William George Rice, from Finchley, served with the 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, during the Boer War of 1899-1902. During the Great War he landed in France on 30 August 1917, and was promoted to Regimental Sergeant-Major of the 21st (Service) Battalion (Islington), Middlesex Regiment, on 8 September 1917. Rice was commissioned at Quartermaster and Lieutenant on 10 June 1918, with the 10th (Service) Battalion (Kent County), Royal West Kent Regiment. Sold with gazette notices, War Diary and medal roll extracts.

Six: Sergeant P. Joyce, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, later Hampshire Regiment and Dorsetshire Regiment 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (5437174 Sgt. J. P. Joyce. Dorset.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £80-£100 --- John Patrick Joyce was born in Athlone, County Meath, Ireland, on 23 November 1915. Enlisting at Armagh for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 11 February 1937, he completed basic training but was soon posted as a deserter from the 2nd Battalion on 8 January 1938. During this period he went on to marry Constance Catherine Walsh in Dublin on 12 January 1941, and the couple had a daughter together. Taken into close arrest on 9 December 1941, he was later tried by General Court Martial on a charge of Deserting his Majesty’s Service; found not guilty of desertion but guilty of absence without leave, he was duly committed to the cells for 12 months, the sentence being quashed just weeks later by order General Officer Commanding 4th Division. Detached to No. 88 Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery, at Castle Douglas on 5 June 1942, Joyce later embarked with SS Orion at Glasgow for North Africa with the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. Landing on 23 March 1943, his unit witnessed action at The Bowl, The Basin, Peter’s Corner, Banana Ridge, Pt. 133 and Cape Bon in the advance towards and subsequent capture of Tunis. Transferred to the Hampshire Regiment on 1 October 1943, Joyce served with the 5th Battalion in Italy and later, Austria. He joined the Dorset Regiment on 5 February 1946 and witnessed further overseas service in Hong Kong in 1953, being awarded the LSGC Medal per Army Order 37 of 1958. Discharged 23 January 1963, he died in Birmingham in 1984. Sold with the recipient’s Regular Army Certificate of Service which notes his Military Conduct as ‘Exemplary’ and bears testimony to the respect afforded him, adding: ‘his integrity is beyond question’; a fine photograph album detailing his time in Egypt whilst on leave from Italy, notably alongside his pals beneath the Pyramids (1944), approx. 30 images; Pocket Bible - hand annotated to inner front cover - and published Regimental Journals (3); the recipient’s miniature medals for Second War service, mounted as worn, riband bars (5), and a small assortment of fabric shoulder titles.

Six: Warrant Officer Class II S. H. Golding, Royal Signals Defence and War Medals 1939-45; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R (14443445 W.O.Cl.2. S. H. Golding. R. Sigs.); Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (144434 45 W.O.Cl.2. S. H. Golding. R. Sigs.) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £120-£160

Pair: Captain R. M Adams, Corps of Canadian Railway Troops British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. M. Adams.) extremely fine Pair: Lieutenant K. B. Hamilton, Canadian Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. K. B. Hamilton) surname mostly erased on VM, polished, fine Pair: Private E. P. Summers, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (136383 Pte. E. P. Summers. 2-Can. Inf.) polished better than fair Pair: Gunner E. W. Harrison, Canadian Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (333825 Gnr. E. W. Harrison. C.F.A.) mounted for wear, contact marks, good fine (8) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Robert Medd Adams, a salesman from Niagara on Lake, Ontario, attested into the Canadian Army Service Corps for service during the Great War and was subsequently commissioned into the Corps of Canadian Railway Troops. He served on the Western Front from 26 March 1917 and was appointed Temporary Captain on 20 August 1918. Kenneth Blake Hamilton, a clerk from Moosejaw, Sasketchawan, was born on 1 April 1894. He attested into the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 4 May 1916 for service during the Great War and was commissioned into the Canadian Machine Guns Corps. He served on the Western Front and was discharged due to sickness (pyrexia, cause of unknown origin), on 6 January 1919. Sold together with copied research.